Tickets to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at DPAC On Sale 7/26

Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will go on sale Saturday, July 26th at 10am for the Triangle premiere engagement at DPAC. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of PHANTOM, the most successful musical of all-time, will be performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America.

Andrew Lloyd Webber said, "It's wonderful to have a new production of PHANTOM touring America now that the show has celebrated over 25 years on Broadway. Director Laurence Connor has done an amazing job and this production has received huge critical acclaim in the UK."

Cameron Mackintosh said, ''After a glorious celebration of 25 phenomenal years on Broadway with no end in sight, I'm delighted to be able to bring this dazzling new production of PHANTOM -- which has been phenomenally well-received by both audiences and critics in the U.K this past year -- to North America. With an exciting new design and staging, retaining Maria Björnson's amazing costumes, I am confident North American audiences will fall in love with the PHANTOM in his new guise -- for the first time or all over again."

Based on the classic novel Le Fantôme de L'Opéra by Gaston Leroux, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command.

The performance schedule for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at DPAC runs as follows:

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 7:30 PM

Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 2:00 PM

Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 7:30 PM

Friday, October 10, 2014 - 8:00 PM

Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 2:00 PM

Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 8:00 PM

Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 1:00 PM

Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 6:30 PM

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 7:30 PM

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 7:30 PM

Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 7:30 PM

Friday, October 17, 2014 - 8:00 PM

Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 2:00 PM

Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 8:00 PM

Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 1:00 PM

Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 6:30 PM

Tickets for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA start at $35 and will go on sale July 26 at 10am:

There are currently seven productions of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA around the world: the flagship London production (27 Years and counting), New York (26 Years and counting), Sapporo (Japan, 25 Years and counting, in repertory), Budapest (Hungary), Hamburg (Germany), the Asian Pacific Tour (now in South Korea) and Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular all-new production now on North American Tour. The next international opening will be in Taipei, China in September 2014.

Since its debut, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has grossed over $5.6 billion worldwide, with over 65,000 performances that have been seen by 130 million people in 30 countries and 152 cities in 13 languages. The show has won more than 70 major theater awards.

There have been three previous U.S. National Tours of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA that grossed over $1.5 billion in combined box office sales and played 216 engagements in 77 cities for an unprecedented total of 36 years and over 14,500 performances to 31 million people.